Grown-ups Channel Old Hollywood, French Girls Grow and Big in Japan
GROWN-UP GLAM
Usually the older women get, the less likely they are to follow trends, right? No so. Wartime '40s glamour is a growing trend among older women. Designs barely straying from the originals turned up on the runways of Lanvin, Prada and Hermès. Prim-and-proper trench coats, satin blouses and pearls are suiting the older set along with the over-one-eye Veronica Lake coif.
[Telegraph]
WANT POM FRITES WITH THAT?
Here's to busting one of the oldest American style myths in the glossy books. French women do, in fact, get fat. While we've always thought every one of our Parisian female counterparts could wear clingy pencil skirts and horizontal stripes, a Roche pharmaceuticals study revealed 15 percent of the women in France are obese, while a further 26 percent are overweight.
[Daily Mail]
WHY ARE HARAJUKU GIRLS THIN?
Speaking of weight, in Japan, being thin isn't just about fashion anymore. It's the law. The policing of the portly began after a concern over Metabolic syndrome with health risks that include high blood pressure and cholesterol, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The Japanese government imposed a waist line of 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women.
[Global Post]
Usually the older women get, the less likely they are to follow trends, right? No so. Wartime '40s glamour is a growing trend among older women. Designs barely straying from the originals turned up on the runways of Lanvin, Prada and Hermès. Prim-and-proper trench coats, satin blouses and pearls are suiting the older set along with the over-one-eye Veronica Lake coif.
[Telegraph]
WANT POM FRITES WITH THAT?
Here's to busting one of the oldest American style myths in the glossy books. French women do, in fact, get fat. While we've always thought every one of our Parisian female counterparts could wear clingy pencil skirts and horizontal stripes, a Roche pharmaceuticals study revealed 15 percent of the women in France are obese, while a further 26 percent are overweight.
[Daily Mail]
WHY ARE HARAJUKU GIRLS THIN?
Speaking of weight, in Japan, being thin isn't just about fashion anymore. It's the law. The policing of the portly began after a concern over Metabolic syndrome with health risks that include high blood pressure and cholesterol, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The Japanese government imposed a waist line of 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women.
[Global Post]
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Tags: forties fashion, FortiesFashion, french women, French women do get fat, FrenchWomen, FrenchWomenDoGetFat, grown up trends, GrownUpTrends
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